"fare dodger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fare dodgers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fare dodger (plural fare dodgers)
  1. A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fare evader, faredodger, fare-dodger Related terms: tax dodger Translations (a person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport): անտոմս ուղեւոր (antoms uġewor) (Armenian), безбіле́тнік (bjezbiljétnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), безбіле́тніца (bjezbiljétnica) [feminine] (Belarusian), polissó [masculine] (Catalan), polissona [feminine] (Catalan), 無票乘客 (Chinese Mandarin), 无票乘客 (wúpiào chéngkè) (Chinese Mandarin), černý pasažér [masculine] (Czech), slepý pasažér [masculine] (Czech), blind passager [common-gender] (Danish), billetsnyder [common-gender] (Danish), zwartrijder [masculine] (Dutch), blinde passagier (Dutch), pummilla matkustaja (Finnish), resquilleur [masculine] (French), resquilleuse [feminine] (French), Schwarzfahrer [masculine] (German), blinder Passagier [masculine] (German), bliccelő (Hungarian), stowaway) potyautas (english: (chiefly) (Hungarian), portoghese [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ただ乗り (tadanori) (alt: ただのり) (Japanese), blindpassasjer (Norwegian Bokmål), gapowicz [masculine] (Polish), gapowiczka [feminine] (Polish), безбиле́тник (bezbilétnik) [masculine] (Russian), безбиле́тница (bezbilétnica) [feminine] (Russian), polizón [masculine] (Spanish), blindpassagerare (Swedish), безбіле́тник (bezbilétnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), безбіле́тниця (bezbilétnycja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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